Fast Company editor Safian leaving after 12 years
Robert Safian, who has been editor of Fast Company magazine for the past 12 years, is leaving to pursue a new opportunity. Sami Main of Adweek reports, “Safian will stay with his team through the end of its upcoming issue, but will look into other opportunities that he’s continually turned down over the years. ‘I consistently […]
Fast Company’s Pastore joins Gizmodo
Rose Pastore, an associate editor at Fast Company, has left the magazine to join Gizmodo as its science editor. She started her new position on Monday. Pastore had been with Fast Company since June 2014. Before that, she was an assistant editor at Popular Science for 16 months. She also interned at Popular Science, MarketWatch.com […]
How positive references to products and companies end up in stories
Jon Christian of The Outline reports about how writers for business publications such as Fast Company and Business Insider have received money in exchange for positive references to companies or products. Christian writes, “People involved with the payoffs are extremely reluctant to discuss them, but four contributing writers to prominent publications including Mashable, Inc, Business […]
Fast Company’s Farr hired by CNBC to cover tech
Christina Farr, a senior writer for Fast Company magazine for the past 18 months, has been hired by CNBC. At CNBC, she will be covering biotech and health technology stories for its website. At Fast Company, she specialized in electronic medical records, health software, genetics and biotechnology. She will be reporting into Matt Rosoff, who […]
Fast Company seeks news writer
Fast Company is looking for a full-time news writer based in New York to cover business, technology, creativity, and innovation. We’re seeking a creative thinker, imagineer, and news junkie who can collaborate with the news team on smart angles and analyses on the issues that matter to our readers. The writer will primarily be responsible […]
Fast Company seeks breaking news writer
Fast Company is looking for a full-time breaking news writer based in New York to cover fast-developing news updates in business, technology, creativity, and innovation. We’re seeking a creative thinker, imagineer, and all-around news junkie—someone who can quickly identify important stories and crystalize the main ideas behind them. The writer will primarily be responsible for […]
Dear tech pubs, calm yourself down about this gadget
Tech journalist Stephen Beale is critical of how some business media have covered a hand-held font-scanning gadget developed by a grad student in England. Beale writes, “This past week, several media outlets told us about a miraculous gizmo that promises salvation for graphic designers. ‘Handheld Tool Is Like Shazam for Fonts and OMG We Need […]
Fast Company’s senior editor Tischler dies from cancer
Linda Tischler, a senior editor at Fast Company, where she wrote about the intersection of business and design, died Monday from cancer. Executive editor Noah Robischon wrote, “Goodbye Linda. Thank you for opening my eyes and heart to everything possible in design.” She helped launch the magazine’s annual “Master’s of Design” issue, which celebrates the […]
Inc., Fast Company staffers are hacked
The parent company of Inc. and Fast Company magazines was hacked by someone who took employee information, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “The hackers have already used the illegally obtained information to file fraudulent federal and state tax returns, one worker said. “Employees are not happy. “‘I am irate,’ said […]
Fast Company seeks reporter to write about leadership
Fastcompany.com is hiring a business reporter with experience writing about leadership to cover the world’s most innovative companies—and the people who are leading those companies into the future. This reporter will be responsible for writing smart same- and next-day analysis of breaking news about key players inside the disruptive companies Fast Company covers. (For example: […]
